μέλας
melas · black, ink
Greek word · Strong’s number G3189 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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melas (μέλας) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “black, ink”.
Black; as a noun, ink.
How to say it
me·las
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The darkest color, like night or charcoal.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 5:36
Nor swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
- Revelation 6:5
And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” And I looked, and look, a black horse, and the one who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
- Revelation 6:12
And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake took place, and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood,